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Early Settlement Lessons

2026-05-04T13:11:32-07:00

Focusing Question 1: Who first lived in the area we now call Vermont and New Hampshire? Abenaki Place Names Focusing Question 2: Where did the first European settlers come from? [...]

Early Settlement Lessons2026-05-04T13:11:32-07:00

Who Settled Here and How Did They Live?

2026-05-04T12:47:19-07:00

Background Essay for Settlement Lessons Euro-American settlement and town formation in the Connecticut River Valley and throughout what would become Vermont was a relatively orderly process. The people who migrated [...]

Who Settled Here and How Did They Live?2026-05-04T12:47:19-07:00

Up the Connecticut River

2026-05-04T12:43:45-07:00

Overview: In this lesson students connect the names of towns in the Connecticut River Valley to towns in Connecticut. From their observations, they conclude that our region was settled by [...]

Up the Connecticut River2026-05-04T12:43:45-07:00

From England to Connecticut

2026-05-04T12:40:39-07:00

From England to Connecticut Overview: In this lesson students connect the names of towns in Connecticut or Massachusetts to towns in England. From their observations, they conclude that New England was [...]

From England to Connecticut2026-05-04T12:40:39-07:00

Norwich’s Town Charter

2026-05-04T12:27:39-07:00

Norwich’s Town Charter:   PROVINCE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. GEORGE the THIRD, By the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France and   Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c.   To all [...]

Norwich’s Town Charter2026-05-04T12:27:39-07:00

Why did settlers come to Vermont?

2026-05-04T12:26:16-07:00

Background Essay for Chartering a Town Lesson Vermont and New Hampshire were colonized by settlers who migrated from other colonies in New England. The first Europeans in New Hampshire came [...]

Why did settlers come to Vermont?2026-05-04T12:26:16-07:00
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